Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

After hearing this, Ximenqing felt relieved, and told Hu Cheng and the others that when the Liangshan bandits first came, they only needed to guard Hu's house and harass the bandits from time to time, instead of fighting the bandits.I already have a plan in my heart to eliminate the Liangshan bandits.When the time is right, after Zhujiazhuang sent someone to send his order, Hujiazhuang will act according to the plan and attack together to completely defeat the invading Liangshan bandits.

Hu Cheng, Jiang Zhong, Shi Yong and others have always admired Ximen Qing's wisdom, so naturally they would not doubt what he said, so they decided to act according to Ximen Qing's arrangement.

After discussing the offensive and defensive strategies in Hujiazhuang, Ximen Qing left Hujiazhuang with Zhu Hu.The two of them rode to Zhujiazhuang with dozens of entourages.

On the way, Ximenqing passed by the other courtyard of Hujiazhuang where he had an affair with Hu Sanniang for the first time, and remembered the interesting things back then.It was Zhu Hu who was beside him, and Zhu Long who brought himself here by mistake after being drunk, which contributed to his marriage with Hu Sanniang.

The past is vivid!Ximen Qing couldn't help but recall the scene when Hu Sanniang pulled herself into the room, Sanniang was so energetic!

Galloping all the way, Ximen Qing, led by Zhu Hu, arrived outside Zhujiazhuang.Everyone turned westward in the middle of Pantuo Road, and after a while they saw the city wall of Zhujiazhuang.

Ximen Qing looked at the poplar trees on the side of the road, and suddenly remembered a person, he could not help but rein in his horse, and laughed a few times.

Seeing him, Zhu Hu stopped his horse and asked Ximen Qing, "Brother Ximen, why are you laughing?"

Ximen Qing laughed, and asked Zhu Hu: "In your Zhujia Village, is there a old man Zhongli who sells wine?"

Zhu Hu was startled and said: "Brother Ximen is really a man of God! How did you know that I will be the next village wine seller in Zhujiazhuang!"

Ximen Qing called Zhu Hu to his side, and whispered in his ear: "You go like this..."

Zhu Hu listened, nodded, and said to Ximen Qing: "Brother Ximen, you have worked hard all the way, go back to the village to rest first, brother, I will come as soon as I go!"

Ximen Qing and Zhu Hu separated at this point, Ximen Qing and his party went straight to Zhujiazhuang, while Zhu Hu took two of his men and rode to the village outside.

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Just when Zhu Biao went to Ximenbao to move reinforcements, Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu left Lijiazhuang to rescue Shi Qian and took the road to Liangshanbo.

Arriving at Liangshan Po, Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu saw a newly built hotel in the distance, and the wine flag was picked out.The two went to the store to buy some wine and asked about the journey.

This hotel is a newly added hotel in Liangshanbo. It is in charge of Li Xiaoer, the wine boy who brought refugees from Cangzhou up the mountain and was appointed as the little boss.Seeing the two of them eating wine, Li Xiaoer asked the bartender about the journey to Liangshanbo, so he went up to chat and learned that Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu were heroes who came from Jizhou to join the gang.

Li Xiaoer led Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu up to Dazhai.All the leaders knew that there was a hero going up the mountain, so they all came to gather and sit down in Dazhai.

Li Xiaoer led Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu to the hall to meet Chao Gai, Song Jiang and other leaders.After meeting each other, Chao Gai asked them about their backgrounds.Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu first talked about their martial arts, background, and why they left Jizhou to entrust them to join the gang.When everyone heard that the two were outstanding in martial arts, they brutally killed two women in Jizhou, were wanted by the government, and when they fled to Liangshanbo, they were all overjoyed, praised the two for their heroic actions, and asked them to sit down and talk.

Yang Xiong remembered his companion Shi Qian in his heart, so he gradually said in the conversation: "I am waiting for two people to come, and there is another Shi Qian who came to Dazhai to join the gang, but he stole the chicken from Zhu's shop and quarreled for a while. When he got up, Shi Xiu set fire to his shop and Shi Qian was arrested. Li Ying edited the book for the second time to ask for it. Why should the third son of the Zhu family insist on not letting him go? Very rude!"

In order for Liang Shanbo to send troops to rescue Shi Qian, Yang Xiong deliberately added a lot of words about how Zhujiazhuang despised and insulted Liang Shanbo heroes.Sure enough, when he was speaking, Chao Gai, Song Jiang and Wu Yong's eyes lit up, and they were all thoughtful.

After Yang Xiongcai finished speaking, Chao Gai suddenly became furious, and shouted, "Boys! Bind these two scumbags to me, and I'll report it by beheading them!"

Both Song Jiang and Wu Yong were taken aback, they didn't expect Chao Gai to make such a decision.

Chapter 322 The Troubles of the Heroes Borrowing Food

When Yang Xiong said that Shi Qian was arrested and that Zhu Jiazhuang despised and insulted the heroes of Liangshan, Song Jiang and Wu Yong were secretly delighted. This time there was a reason to go down the mountain to loot!

There are more than 1 robbers gathered on Liangshan, and they open their mouths to eat every day.These little guys are originally some village ruffians and desperate people from the rivers and lakes, and none of them are hardworking people.Chao Gai and other leaders can't let them open up wasteland and farm on the Shuibo Liangshan Mountains, let's support themselves!

It should be noted that if they are willing to do these farm work, why should the youngsters take the risk of beheading to become robbers?If you really want them to open up wasteland, I'm afraid that within a few days, these tens of thousands of young people will be scattered like birds and beasts.

These bandits mainly rely on plundering pedestrians and merchants passing by Liangshan Po on weekdays.However, in Wang Lun’s time there were only a few hundred people, and it was not a problem to support himself. Now Liangshanbo has grown to tens of thousands, and it is difficult to support these many brothers with sporadic passing merchants.What's more, Liangshan Po's reputation is getting louder and louder, and merchants who dare to pass by Liangshan Po are becoming less and less.

When Chao Gai and the others went up the mountain with a hundred thousand birth certificates, the robbers had a good time for a long time.But now sitting and eating mountains and empty mountains, there is no food left on Liangshan Po.These tens of thousands of big and small leaders and minions can't count on Li Jun's navy brothers to fish in the lake to feed themselves, can they?Therefore, food for Liangshan bandits is a big problem that needs to be solved urgently.

Because of the food shortage, Liangshanbo has changed from robbing passing merchants to "borrowing food" from the surrounding big households.Of course, this food must be borrowed or not repaid.In the eyes of the heroes, finding a big family to "borrow food" means that the heroes think highly of them!But anyone who knows something and is willing to borrow money is naturally a sage in the country and a kind family.On the contrary, those who refuse to lend food to Liangshan heroes are naturally bullies and evil gentry who bully men and women.

Adhering to the principle of "doing justice for the sky", the bandits in Liangshanbo have also borrowed food several times recently.However, even though Chao Gai, Song Jiang and others are well-known figures in the Jianghu, this food is really not so easy to borrow.

To the southwest of Liangshan is Yuncheng County, Jeju, which is the hometown of bandit leaders such as Chao Gai and Song Jiang.Who are the big families in Yuncheng County?

Chao Gai and Chao Bao of Dongxi Village are the leading wealthy family in Yuncheng County, but he has already moved his belongings to Liangshan, and his manor has also been burned down.Even if Chao Tianwang launched a ruthless plan to rob himself, there would be no money or food to rob in Dongxi Village.

The old Mrs. Song of Songjiazhuang is also considered a big family in Yuncheng County, but unfortunately his whole family and the rest of his family's wealth were deceived by Dalang Song Jiang into Liangshan, and a way to borrow food was also cut off.

Today, in Yuncheng County, there is still a big family, and that is the manor of "beautiful bearded man" Zhu Dian.But this Zhu Dian is the brother of Chao Gai and Song Jiang, and he has saved their lives. After all, Zhu Dian is also the head of the county, and he is in charge of catching thieves.

Could it be that Chao Gai and Song Jiang led people to kill Zhu Dutou at home, pulled off his skin and said to Zhu Dutou: "My dear brother, I blame you for letting me go It's desolate to eat bark on Liangshan Mountain. Brother, you are easy to choke on eating big fish and meat every day, why don't you borrow tens of thousands of shi of grain to help brothers in emergency?"

The heroes of the rivers and lakes are just a word of righteousness, and until the last moment, even the two thieves, Chao Gai and Song Jiang, are not easy to attack Zhu Dahu.

The big families in Yuncheng County can't borrow food, can they borrow food from the villagers?This matter is also difficult!Most of Gain, Chao Gai and his gang when they went up the mountain came from Yuncheng County.What little guy doesn't have seven aunts and eight aunts at the foot of the mountain, plus a seventh uncle and grandpa?Next time you guys go to the mountains, if you accidentally bump into those poor relatives, you may have to give them a helping hand or lose some money!

Yuncheng County can't borrow food, and further south is the city of Jeju Prefecture.Although Liang Shanbo was known for his strength, he still didn't dare to attack the imperial palace at this time.Therefore, the road to borrow grain from the west and the south was temporarily blocked.

This Liangshan faces east, and it is Dongping Mansion of Yunzhou.Like Jeju Prefecture, Chao Gai, Song Jiang and others can only look at the city and sigh, with their hands tied.

To the north of Liangshan is Shouzhang County, where big households can borrow grain.However, Liangshan bandits borrowed food successfully in Shouzhang County several times, and now the landlord's house has no food left.

Now in the vicinity of Liangshanbo, the only place where the Liangshan bandits have not condescended to borrow food is Yanggu County in the northwest.

The big households in Yanggu County are typical bullies and evil gentry who resist borrowing grain!It is heard that the three manors of Dulonggang have united and armed tens of thousands of farmers to oppose Liang Shanbo, and openly declared that they would not pay tribute to the heroes of Liang Shanbo.

It's really unreasonable!Where are the poorest people in Liangshanbo, Shandong?Naturally, the heroes who do not work on Liangshan are the poorest.Whoever is the richest is of course the richest people who operate day and night at the foot of the mountain.Liangshan heroes went down the mountain to borrow food, which is the axiom of "robbing the rich and helping the poor, and doing justice for the sky".But those manors in Dulonggang wanted to forcefully resist the heroes going down the mountain to borrow food, it was really shameless!

In recent days, there has been a shortage of food on the mountain.Song Jiang, Wu Yong and other leaders who cared about the great cause of the Shanzhai all set their sights on Yanggu County, which had not yet been looted.

At this time, Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu came to vote, bringing good news that there was a conflict with Zhujiazhuang, and Lijiazhuang was also involved. It was a good time for the cottage to go down the mountain to borrow food.

At that time, although Qian was a young man pretending to be a hero in Liangshan, his capture was an excellent excuse to attack Dulonggang Zhujiazhuang!Brother Chao Gai didn't make excuses to play this time, why did he want to kill Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu instead?

Song Jiang disapproved of Chao Gai's actions, and hurriedly stood up and asked, "Brother, calm down. Two strong men have traveled thousands of miles to come here to help, how can we kill him?"

Chao Gai said, "Since I merged with Wang Lun, the hero of Liangshanbo, I have given priority to loyalty and kindness to the people. The old and new brothers who came up the mountain each have the glory of heroes. These two have stolen the name of Liangshanbo hero. Chicken eating, what a villain! So it hurts our reputation! Today, I beheaded these two first, and sent the heads of these fellows to give orders there. I personally led the army to clean up that village, don’t lose Get your spirits up! Children! Get the report!"

This Chao Gai is worthy of being the head of the bandits in Liangshanbo. Talents.It's a pity that compared with leaders such as Song Jiang and Wu Yong, they are still too famous to see real benefits.

Now that the family is big and the business is big, how can sending troops just for fighting spirit?Wu Yong secretly sighed in his heart.

Chapter 323 Robber Logic

Hearing what Chao Gai said, he wanted to kill Shi Xiu and Yang Xiong just for the face of the cottage, and hurriedly persuaded him: "Brother, don't be impatient. Brother, don't listen to what these two virtuous brothers said. It turned out that these people who jumped fences and deceived horses caused Zhu's family to come. Could it be that these two virtuous brothers intend to insult the village? I also often hear people say that Zhu's family is going to be hostile to my village. .Brother, please calm down. There are many people in Mu Shanzhai, and there is a shortage of money and food. It is not because I am going to find him, but the fellow came to find fault, so I just took advantage of the situation to take him. If this village is won, there will be three to five years of food. It's not that we caused trouble to harm him, but that guy is rude! It's just that the owner of the elder brother's cottage, how can he move lightly? I'm not talented, so I personally led an army horse, and invited a few virtuous brothers to go down the mountain to fight Zhujiazhuang. If If you don’t clean up the village, you will never return the mountain! One is that the stronghold will not lose its vigor; Go up the mountain and join the gang."

As expected, Song Jiang, the gangster, had the talent to be a bandit leader, so he immediately pointed out that "the village has a lot of people and horses, but there is a shortage of money and food."Do not lose your spirit, so as not to be humiliated by Zhujiazhuang, are all deceptive statements, and their essence is naked for robbery.

The Liangshan hero stole the chicken from Zhujiadian, so the store shouldn't be held accountable. If it was held accountable, it would be "that guy is here to find fault", and Zhujiazhuang was at fault!It is a heroic feat that Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu beat off the store and killed more than a dozen Zhujiazhuang customers. Zhujiazhuang should feel honored.But the people from Zhujiazhuang dared to resist with force, and even captured the chicken thief Shi Qian, that is, "That guy from Zhujiazhuang wants to be hostile to my cottage"!In addition, Zhujiazhuang manages a large number of people in the village, stores a lot of food, but never lends food to the heroes of Liangshan Village, then Zhujiazhuang is really a heinous crime!

Zhujiazhuang, who is like a fat sheep, doesn't find an excuse to send troops to beat him, when will he wait?How could Song Jiang, the bandit leader, let go of this opportunity that came to him!

Moreover, in just a few short sentences, Song Jiang was able to add another magical plan to the plan of robbing Zhujiazhuang, and proposed to invite Li Ying to join the gang.This guy really deserves to be a black-faced and vicious bandit leader.

"Fighting Eagle" Li Ying is not like Yang Xiong or Shi Xiu, he can only go up the mountain with martial arts and a mouth to drink and eat meat.Li Ying Li Daguan is a big family in Yanggu County, and his wealth is not inferior to that of Zhujiazhuang.

After Liang Shanbo laid down Zhujiazhuang, he could have enough food for several years.If Li Ying was coerced into earning money up the mountain again, Li Daguan's wealth would naturally become in the pockets of the Liangshan village, and it would allow everyone in the village to enjoy themselves for a long time.

Therefore, inviting Li Ying to the mountain was not for the sake of loyalty and congenial temperament, but for the money and grain of Li Ying's family.As for whether Li Ying himself is willing to go to Liangshan to join the gang, this matter is not important.As long as the heroes of Liangshan need him to go up the mountain to gather righteousness, he must come!